Kathleen McDermott

I seek general interest and academic books across a wide range of history. I look for works with broad appeal and original arguments, books that engage readers eager to learn about the past and that advance scholarship in the academic community. One of the joys of working on history books is having a passionate audience; history readers revel in new information, new ideas, new perspectives. I have been one of those readers my entire life, and I want the books I acquire to be part of the discussions and debates in that lively world. The many areas I cover include: American history of any period; environmental history; Atlantic history; medieval to modern European history, including eastern Europe and Russia; the modern Middle East; Asian history; and Latin American history. I am interested in books that cross borders and consider global contexts, and welcome book proposals for international history, military history, and biographies.

Recent Books

The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
Marie Favereau

God in Gotham: The Miracle of Religion in Modern Manhattan
Jon Butler

The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas
Monica Muñoz Martinez

China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism
Rana Mitter

Freedom: An Unruly History
Annelien de Dijn

Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court
Orville Vernon Burton and Armand Derfner

To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah
Dvora Hacohen, with a Foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

From Rebel to Ruler: One Hundred Years of the Chinese Communist Party
Tony Saich

God’s Law and Order: The Politics of Punishment in Evangelical America
Aaron Griffith

The Suicide of Miss Xi: Democracy and Disenchantment in the Chinese Republic
Bryna Goodman

The Fiume Crisis: Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire
Dominique Kirchner Reill

Prague: Belonging in the Modern City
Chad Bryant